Location: Plymouth
Rate: £42 per hour
Contract: Locum
Team: Targeted Help
Role: Assistant Team Manager
Caritas Recruitment is looking for an experienced Locum Assistant Team Manager to join a Targeted Help Team in Plymouth, offering £42 per hour.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced senior practitioner or manager who enjoys supporting and developing a team while maintaining oversight of high-quality work with children, young people and families.

The role

Working alongside the Team Manager, you will support the day-to-day operational management of the Targeted Help Team, helping ensure children, young people and families receive timely, effective and high-quality support before their needs escalate to statutory intervention.
You will take a lead role in supervising practitioners, overseeing casework and supporting allocation and prioritisation, while promoting a restorative, strengths-based and relationship-focused approach.
Key responsibilities include:
  • Supporting the Team Manager with the day-to-day management of the Targeted Help Team
  • Supervising a team and providing professional guidance and support to practitioners
  • Leading on the allocation, prioritisation and oversight of casework
  • Supporting staff development through coaching, mentoring and reflective supervision
  • Promoting consistently high standards of practice and continuous improvement
  • Ensuring interventions are delivered in line with statutory requirements and local procedures
  • Embedding the principles of early help, prevention and strengths-based practice
  • Helping ensure children and families receive the right support at the right time

Why consider this role?

  • £42 per hour
  • Locum Assistant Team Manager opportunity
  • Based in Plymouth
  • Leadership and supervisory responsibility
  • Opportunity to work within Targeted Help / Early Help, with a strong focus on preventing escalation
  • A role combining operational management, practice oversight and staff development

For more information on this role or for a discussion about opportunities across England and Wales please contact Davina at Caritas Recruitment - [email protected] / 07385 031109

If this role isn't right for you, you may know someone who would be a great fit. Refer someone you know and you could receive £300 if they are successfully placed, subject to Caritas Recruitment's referral terms.

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Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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